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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 26-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?
(a) No one.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

2. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.
(a) Cup.
(b) Handkerchief.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Food.

3. Who are the tan faced children who follow well in order and get their weapons ready?
(a) Slaves.
(b) His children.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The pioneers.

4. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?
(a) Lies.
(b) Half truths.
(c) Gospel.
(d) Truth.

5. What will return as the ocean of life begins to ebb away from the shore, according to Whitman?
(a) Green.
(b) Light
(c) Flow.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The child and her father are looking in the _____ at the autumn skin in "On the Beach at Night."

2. What are NOT one of the images of people who sleep well, which Whitman includes in his poems for comparison?

3. Where did Whitman say that he sat studying the older times of American? The feet of ___________.

4. Whitman believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.

5. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?

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